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Is All Caregiving Created Equal? A Comparison of Caregiving to Children and Adults

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  • Corina Mommaerts
  • Yulya Truskinovsky

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In this paper, we compare patterns of family care provided to children and to adults, and discuss what these patterns suggest about how individuals make decisions over, and ultimately value, such care. We show that patterns of informal adult care do not resemble patterns of informal childcare along three important dimensions: caregiver age, caregiver education, and the response of caregiving to macroeconomic conditions. The finding that childcare and adult care are economically distinct suggest that policies, like paid family leave, that support caregivers should more carefully consider these differences.

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  • Corina Mommaerts & Yulya Truskinovsky, 2023. "Is All Caregiving Created Equal? A Comparison of Caregiving to Children and Adults," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 113, pages 627-631, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:apandp:v:113:y:2023:p:627-31
    DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20231107
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    JEL classification:

    • D13 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation
    • D15 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Intertemporal Household Choice; Life Cycle Models and Saving
    • I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
    • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J32 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits; Retirement Plans; Private Pensions

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